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Fri 12 Dec 2009Ireland trails in OECD broadband ranks
Ireland is still trailing other countries when it comes to broadband, the latest figures from the OECD show.
The latest data ranked Ireland at 20 out of a table 30 countries for households with broadband access in 2008, with almost 43 per cent using the high-speed internet connection.
Businesses fare slightly better, with more than 95 per cent of companies with between 10 and 49 employees with high speed broadband access, and from 99.2 per cent upwards for larger firms.
Ireland has a total of 950,082 broadband subscribers, as of June this year, according to the report.
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